Chapter II
"Throughout the ancient and modern times, the pre-Song Dynasty was a model for our Han people to govern the country with R techniques, and it was the most prosperous period for R religion. Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi's new policies and reforms were resisted and failed; The national strength of the pre-Song Dynasty was not lost to other countries at that time, but its foreign wars except for Dali were more defeated and less victorious, and whether they won or lost, they were all called ministers and paid tribute or land indemnity. In the three hundred and twenty years of Song Cun, no matter how governing the country, governing the government, governing the people, and governing the army were all mediocre, that is, there was no strong country and rich people, and there was no expansion of territory.
The emperor opened my Ming Yongle prosperous era, whether the new policy of Yongle can be continued, Lao Wei is not optimistic, if there is no Yongle after Yongle, how can Zheng Heyan come?
However, the emperor has the emperor's plan, and the ministers have the thoughts of the ministers, and in the emperor's heart, the eternal foundation of the Ming Dynasty is the most important, so this silver flower is more important in the new policy; In the hearts of the ministers, the current state affairs of the Ming Dynasty are the most important, so it is more important to spend this silver on the urgent needs of the state affairs.
This is a state dispute between the emperor and his ministers.
Secondly, Zheng He went out to sea to patrol the sea, the four seas were leveled, all countries came to the dynasty, the southeast sea has rarely seen the Japanese and smuggling fleet, but the profits of overseas trade are unimaginable, Lao Qu once went to Guli with Zheng He's fleet, and the profits of my Ming Dynasty's tea, silk and porcelain and spices and other goods in the two places are dozens of times or even hundreds of times. However, if you can afford to build one or more large ships, and can load them full of goods to smuggle overseas, what is hidden behind it is not ordinary people, the emperor and the scholars rule the world together, share the peace, and I don't know if there is a conflict of interests among the opposing ministers in addition to the dispute of ideas.
Lao Gao understands the suffering of the emperor, also understands the suffering of the ministers, and understands the suffering of the people, Lao Gao only hopes that the emperor can plant a seed for the new policy, maybe it is the grandson Zhu Zhanji, maybe it is Zheng He after Zheng He, who can leave a fertile soil for the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and the Han people to inherit and continue the emperor's new policy......"
After Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, he continued to twist the Buddha beads in his hand, closing his eyes and saying nothing.
Zhu Di kept his eyes closed and listened silently, and after a while, he opened his eyes, looked at Yao Guangxiao and said: "The young master's words, my heart suddenly opened up, and I have solved the knot in my heart for many years. Yongle's new policy is too hasty, but I only know how to read, I don't know how to be flexible, and I don't understand the world. Words must be called saints, actions must be made according to the laws of the ancestors, conservative, do not know the change, why do they only know to look backward but not forward, after I will not give up these courtiers, they will definitely restore the ancestral system. As the master said, I have high expectations for Zhanji, hoping that he can inherit the Yongle New Deal, reopen the prosperous era, and change the way that our Han people only value benevolence, righteousness and morality and not other ways of governing the country.
Sitting down with the young master today, I have strengthened my determination to implement the new policy, and I have made up my mind to do my best to implement the new policy in my lifetime. I have put on this hat of great joy. ”
After speaking, Zhu Di reached out and took the teacup handed over by Wang Zhong and took a sip of tea slowly.
"Amitabha, throughout the ancient and modern Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers, they built the country and prospered the country by not only the way of Confucius and Mencius, the emperor's Yongle new policy includes 'rule of etiquette', 'rule of virtue', 'rule of man', but the way of governing the country is not only that, if you want to strengthen the country and enrich the people, the soldiers need to be trained, the disadvantages need to be reformed, the government needs to be governed, and things need to be managed. It is not possible to count the scriptures, and generalize. In the Song Dynasty, it was known that if the country was governed according to the Confucian classics, it could survive but could not rejuvenate the country. What the emperor did, the old man already understood. ”
Handing the teacup to Wang Zhong, Zhu Di said with emotion: "The young master who knows me is also!" However, I saw that Zheng He's secret performance was indeed incredible, and he was silent and confused, but I had already believed it in my heart, because there had been a secret performance of Jinyi Wei before, Jiaozhi was newly determined, the people's hearts were unstable, and the liuguan sent to it also had many disagreements with the local local officials, and there were many people who thought that the emperor was far away, and planned to boil up a qualification or make a fortune and leave, so I think that the situation in Jiaozhi has begun to erode, if it continues like this, it will inevitably lead to a rebellion, if there is a rebellion in the first month of next year, this person has made great contributions because of his dream, but why did Taizu dream of this person, But I am very puzzled in my heart, can the master solve this confusion in my heart for me......"
Yao Guangxiao's fingers stopped twisting the Buddha beads, and he was silent, and after a while, he continued to twist the Buddha beads and said: "This is the way of heaven, and it cannot be violated; If Zhu Yunwen does not kill his uncle, the emperor will still be a free prince, happy in Beiping, guarding northern Xinjiang; The emperor ascended the throne, his brother Zhu Biao lost his eldest son Zhu Yunwen, and the emperor also lost his fourth son Zhu Gao, which is also the way of heaven; Zhu Yunwen killed his uncle and lost the world, so the reincarnation of the emperor's four princes is even more heavenly; Taizu dreamed of the four princes in order to tell the emperor that he recognized Jingnan, recognized the emperor's orthodoxy, used Zheng He's sailors as strange soldiers, recognized the emperor's Yongle New Deal, and hoped that the emperor would know that the four princes had been reincarnated, and Amitabha Buddha ......"
Yao Guangxiao picked up the teacup handed over by Wang Zhong and drank the tea.
Zhu Di clenched his hands, his muscles flared up, and he murmured in a trembling voice: "Father, the emperor recognizes his son and dreams of reincarnated Gao Xian, this, this ......"
In fact, this is the biggest knot in Zhu Di's heart, in that era, any emperor must inherit the unification justifiably, even if he rebels, he must find a legitimate reason, well, since ancient times, he must pay attention to a famous teacher, regardless of whether it is true or false, if he becomes a king or loses, he will naturally get these things done. The problem is that Zhu Di himself knows that if Zhu Yunwen hadn't forced him to have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, he would not have taken such a big risk to launch the so-called "Fengtian Jingjing", although the emperor's profession is very tempting, but the risk of failure is to destroy the nine clans, if he is not forced to a dead end, try to ask who is too peaceful and happy to live a life, but he has to do this kind of thing with a very low success rate. Besides, if Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that his sons are unreliable, he can completely take back all the military power of the vassal kings when he is in power, and use Zhu Yunwen to kill all sides after he ascended the throne, and his uncles and nephews turned against him, and finally forced Zhu Di to rebel.
In fact, this "cutting the domain" thing is not authentic for Zhu Yunwen and his ministers, as I have said before, Zhu Yuanzhang has cleared the way for Zhu Yunwen to come to power when he is in power, if he thinks that the vassal kings are a threat to Zhu Yunwen, he will not hesitate to take back their military power, after all, the Ming Dynasty is his priority, and he took back the military power of the military ministers and gave it to his many sons is to think that the relatives are distant and close or still have to believe in their own family. How can an uncle snatch the throne of his nephew, and besides, each son has a few guards in his hands, as long as they don't unite, they can achieve great things.
Zhu Yuanzhang was right, could one of his sons rebel against other sons? Therefore, Zhu Yunwen and his descendants, according to his conception and planning, sat on the throne steadily from generation to generation, according to this idea, Zhu Yuanzhang's design is very balanced. The key is that he didn't expect that Zhu Yunwen would start to implement the 'Jianwen New Deal' as soon as he came to power, one of which was to "cut the feudal domain". In fact, this is also normal, which emperor doesn't want to be a Ming monarch and a holy monarch who has been praised through the ages. Within a year, Zhu Yuanzhang's five sons, Zhu Yunwen's five uncles were killed, and the sixth was Zhu Di's turn.
After the early death of the eldest brother Zhu Biao, Zhu Di had the idea of inheriting the throne, although Zhu Di was the fourth, but the eldest brother, second brother, and third brother have all passed away one after another, Zhu Di is already a veritable boss, and the emperor is still Zhu Di's father Zhu Yuanzhang, not Zhu Di's eldest brother, so the throne does not necessarily have to be passed to the eldest brother's son. Ladies and gentlemen, if you were Zhu Di, would you think that your father might pass the throne to you, not necessarily to Zhu Yunwen, right? After all, the emperor is still a father and not a big brother, if the emperor is already Zhu Biao, Zhu Di is called thinking about non-separation, so it is not too much for Zhu Di to think about this situation now.
And Yao Guangxiao had already guessed when Zhu Yuanzhang established Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, that after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, it was very likely that he would "cut the domain", and Zhu Di, who was the most capable and promising emperor, would definitely not sit idly by. I have to admire, this old monk's vision and thoughts are indeed long-lasting. Zhu Yunwen and his followers really did the thing of cutting down the feudal clan and killing their uncle, and then forced Zhu Di to rebel. To tell the truth, in fact, Zhu Di really didn't know the bottom in his heart, Yao Guangxiao played the role of a god stick, and kept telling Zhu Di that this is the way of heaven and this is fate...... Why? Because Zhu Di is about to face his father Zhu Yuanzhang when he was in power, he set up more than 500 guards under the Great Tomorrow (under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies), according to the establishment at that time, a guard is 5,600 people, you can calculate how many people Zhu Di has to face, and this is not counting the 12 internal guards of the elite Son of Heaven under the personal jurisdiction of the Ming Emperor (set up during the Zhu Yuanzhang period).
Zhu Di had no way out, and the pressure was great, but Yao Guangxiao always served him a bowl of chicken soup for the soul when he was confused, telling him that the way of heaven is like this, you are the future emperor, which is destined for days; Zhu Di is like a cancer patient, there is always someone who encourages him in the confusion, constantly telling him that you can do it, you can overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and tomorrow is hope......
In the end, Zhu Di still succeeded. At that time, the Ming Dynasty governed by the Hongwu Dynasty, the politics were clear, the world was peaceful, and there were millions of soldiers, Zhu Di was not favored when he raised the army, only the people who were loyal to Zhu Di were too closely related to Zhu Di, and they could only rebel with Zhu Di. So his success is first of all thanks to his eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen, and secondly, he is thanks to his father Zhu Yuanzhang......